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Haley and Jillian "land" on the two incredible space-gone-wrong stories of John Glenn's Friendship 7 mission and the landing survival story of the Soyuz 23. Haley then spends a lot of time talking about flamingos, and the one time she flamingled with them.

Sources:
60 years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7, John Uri, NASA

Astronaut John Glenn and the Friendship 7 Mission, National Archives

A Closer Look at the Friendship 7 Spacecraft, Thomas Paone, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum


Soyuz 23: How two cosmonauts almost died after landing back on Earth, Doug Adler, Astronomy

A Watery Yarn: The Unlucky Voyage of Soyuz 23 Part 1and 2, Ben Evans, America Space

Greater Flamingo, Wikipedia